> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:07:15 -0400
> From: Richard Cornwell <[email protected]>
> I am asking for feedback on how to handle Punched card input. I am
> wondering about how to handle the case of reading a greater then 80
> character record on a 80 character punch card. Should characters
> beyond the end of the card be truncated, or should they continue on
> the next card.
> Any ideas?
Hi, Rich,
Would you mind expanding on the query a bit? Since an 80-column card can't
store more than 80 characters' worth of data, how can there be anything to
be truncated or continued in a read?
Rich
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:[email protected]
http://www.LivingComputerMuseum.org/
_______________________________________________
Simh mailing list
[email protected]
http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
